Durham Dynamos
Durham Dynamos are one of the six teams that contest the Middlesex Panthers in the semi final.
Unfortunately they never did so well this time around but did manage to finish runner up in their Group, but were soundly beaten in the Quarter Final by Kent Spitfires. They are currently ranked 9th in the T20 Cup Rankings
2009 Squad
On paper the Dynamos have a very strong squad, boasting several international players and several more with International prospects. The squad is made up of seven batsmen, six all rounders, two wicket keepers and eight bowlers making a total of 22 in total. * denotes International.
Batsmen
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul, LHB, - West Indies
- Kyle Coetze, RHB, Scotland
- Michael Di Venuto, LHB, Australia
- Gordon Muchal, RHB, England
- Will Smith, RHB, England
- Mark Stoneman, LHB, England
- David Warner, RHB, Australia
All Rounders
- Dale Benkenstein, RHB, Medium Off Spin, South Africa
- Ian Blackwell, LHB, Slow left arm, England
- Gareth Breeze,RHB Off Spin, West Indies
- Paul Collingwood, RHB, Medium, England
- Will Gidman, LHB, Medium, England
- Ben Harmison, LHB, Right Med Fast, England
Wicket keepers
- Lee Goddard, RHB< England
- Phil Mustard, LHB, England
Bowlers
- Michael Clayden, Right Fast Med, Australia
- Mark Davies, Right Med fast, England
- Stephen Harmison, Right Arm fast, England
- Neil Killeen, Right Med Fast, England
- Graham Onions, Right Fast med, England
- Liam Plunkett, Right Fast Med, England
- Callum Thorp, Right Med Fast, Australia
- Paul Wiseman, Off Spin, New Zealand
Top Batsmen - 2009
The batting stats for the top six Durham batsmen are below. Dale Benkenstein topped the runs scored list with an excellent 276 runs in 10 matches.
| Player | Innings | Runs | Balls | Average | HS | S/R | 6's |
| Dale Benkenstein | 10 | 276 | 223 | 34.50 | 53 | 105.3 | 12 |
| Phil Mustard | 10 | 183 | 173 | 18.30 | 52 | 105.7 | 3 |
| Kyle Coetzer | 8 | 148 | 146 | 21.14 | 39* | 101.3 | 1 |
| Ian Blackwell | 10 | 127 | 112 | 14.11 | 59 | 113.3 | 4 |
| David Warner | 4 | 113 | 69 | 28.25 | 59 | 163.7 | 4 |
Top Bowlers - 2009
Below are the statistics on the Durham top bowlers in the 2009 Twenty20 Cup. Those who will be making T20 Free Bets will find this information helpful as and when they place a bet in the Twenty20 Top Wicket taker Odds.
In 2009 the lead man was Michael Clayden who took 17 wickets at 14.94 each. Not only did he top the Durham bowling charts he was also the biggest wicket taker in the entire competition. He will be a great bet to do the same in the 2010 competition, See Twenty20 Top Bowler betting. Clayden's stats along with other leading wicket takers are listed below and they include best bowling performance, economy rates and averages.
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Wickets | Best | Average | Economy | Mdns |
| Michael Clayden | 10 | 10 | 254 | 17 | 5-26 | 14.94 | 6.71 | 0 |
| Ben Harmison | 7 | 7 | 180 | 14 | 3-20 | 12.85 | 7.50 | 0 |
| Neil Killeen | 10 | 10 | 254 | 11 | 3-21 | 23.05 | 6.35 | 1 |
| Gareth Breeze | 10 | 10 | 235 | 6 | 2-22 | 39.16 | 7.34 | 0 |
